Convertible pool and billiard table.



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No. 834,694. PATENTED OCT. 30, 1906. T. R. TREIBER.

CONVERTIBLE POOL AND BILLIARD TABLE.

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THEODORE R. TREIBER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE KANSAS CITY BILLIARD TABLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF KAN- SAS CITY, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed August 1, 1905. Serial No. 272.219.

1'0 alt whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE R. TREI- BER, a citizen of the United States, residin at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson an State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Convertible Pool and Billiard Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in convertible pool and billiard tables. I

The object of my invention is to provide a table having a construction by which it may be uickly converted into a pool, billiard, or ining table. v

The invention provides a bed having marginal pockets, a plurality of interchangeable sets of marginal rails adapted to be mounted one set at a time upon the bed, one set of rails being so formed as to provide when properly mounted on the bed recesses which register, respectively, with the pockets, and suitable rail supporting means mounted upon the bed and provided with means for supporting and adjusting the rails carried thereby toward and from the bed.

The invention provides, further, the rectan lar bed provided with side and corner poc ets, a plurality of sets of marginal rails,

suitable rail-supports mounted on the bed and upon which at one time one set of rails may be adjusted thereon toward and from the bed, one set of rails having recessed portions on their inner sides to receive the pockets and provided with means for having pockets secured thereto, the other sets of .Iails when positioned on the bed covering the pockets therein.

Other novel features of constructlon are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table having mounted thereon marginal rails by which the device is converted into a pool-table. Fig. 2 is a top view of the bed from which the cloth cover and slate slab have been removed. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the dot-' ted line a b of Fig. 4, showing the bed and the pool-rails mounted thereon, the pockets being omitted. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the dotted line d of Fig. 3, the

pockets being omitted. Fig. 5 is a top view of the bed having a portion of the slab cover removed and showing three billiard-rails mounted on the bed and one detached there from. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, the cover being shown intact and three poolrails mounted on the bed and one detached therefrom. Fig. 7 is a top view of a portion of one of the cam-bars, showing two resilient cams mounted thereon and portions of two rail-clamping supports. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view showing one of the side rails mounted on the bed and taken on any one of the dotted lines ef, g h, or 'i 9' of Figs. 3, 5, and 6, respectively, the pool or billiard rails in the planes corresponding to said dotted lines appearing the same in cross-section at these places. Fig. 9 is a cross-section taken on any one of the dotted lines k l, m n, or 0 p of Figs. 3, 5, and 6, respectively, the pool and billiard rails in the planes corresponding to said dotted lines being similar to each other in cross-section. Fig. 10 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the dotted line qr of Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of one of the brackets supporting one of the rail-supports. Fig. 12 is a perspective view of one of the brackets supporting one of the gearwheels.

Fig. 13 is a vertica sectional view taken on the dotted line 8 t of Fig. 14:. Fig. 14 is a top view of a portion of the bed and the abutting ends of the two members of a side rail, portions of which are shown in horizontal section. Fig. 15 is a top view of one corner of the bed, having mounted thereon two pool-rai1s,'the abutting ends of which are shown. Fig. 16 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of the table, having one of the rails which convert the table into a diningtable mounted thereon, the view being taken in a plane corresponding to the dotted line a o of Fig. 3. Fig. 17 is a perspective view of the bed having the rails mounted thereon which form the dining-table. Fig. 18 is a perspective View of one of the brackets supporting one of the cam-bars. Fig. 19 is an inner side elevation view of one of the end billiard-rails. Fig. 20 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of one of the side billiardrails. Fig. 21 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of one of the side pool-rails;

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Similar characters of reference denote similar parts.

The bed is of the ordinary rectangular form, having a horizontal rectangular frame 1 supported by the four legs 2 and having mounted thereon the horizontal slab 3, provided with the cloth cover 4. Upon each of the four margins of the body 1 are secured a plurality of inverted-U-shaped brackets 5, one of which is shown in Fig. 1 1, the vertical parallel arms of each bracket being provided, respectively, with the transverse slots 6. In the slots 6 of the brackets 5 are respectively mounted the horizon'tally-slidable rail-supports 7, provided each at its outer end with a .vertical projection 8, which engage and support the marginal rails, as hereinafter described.

9 denotes the pockets, secured, respectively, in recesses provided therefor at the 'corners and side margins of the bed. The said pockets are preferably of the ordinary flexible woven material and are secured at their upper ends and inner sides to the body 1. 4

10 denotes, respectively, the two end pool-rails, and 11 and 12 denote, respectively, the members forming the side poolrails.

13 denotes the four detachable billiardrails, and 15 denotes the four rails which when mounted upon the bed form a dining or library table.

Each of the rails 10, 13, and '15, also the members 11 and 12, is provided with a plurality of vertical sockets 14, adapted to receive projections 8 when the rails are to be mounted upon the bed. All of the rails below a horizontal plane corresponding to the upper side of the cover 4 are substantiall similar in construction. Each 'of the rai s is provided on its inner side with a horizontal longitudinal tongue 16, adapted to be fitted in a corresponding groove provided on the adjacent outer edge of the body 1, which tongue serves to retain the rail in position on the bed.

When the members 10, 11, 12, 13, or 15, as the case may be, are mounted upon their supports 7, the said supports may be moved toward the bed in position such that the rails carried thereby will form with the bed the style of table desired. Each of the members 10, 11, 12, and 13 is provided-on its inner side with the ordinary longitudinal resilient cushion 17, adapted to receive thereon the im pact of the billiard-balls. For inwardly and outwardly sliding the rail-supports 7 the following described mechanism is employed.

Upon theouter edge of each m argin of the bed 1 are secured inany desirable manner a lurality of horizontally-disposed U-shaped rackets 18, the parallel arms of which are provided with transverse openings 19. A

plurality of horizontal -.longitudinally-slidable cam-bars 20 are mounted in the openings 19 of adjacent brackets 18. There are four cam-bars 20, disposed one parallel with each margin of the bed. Each cam-bar 20 is provided on its inner edge with a plurality of inclined faces or cams 21, (best shown in Fig. 10,) adapted when the bar 20 is moved len thwise in the proper direction to engage an force inwardly the members 7, thus forcing toward the bed the rails supported by said member 7. The outer edge of each cam-bar 20 is provided opposite the cams 21 with inclined faces or 'cams 22, adapted to engage the members 7, said cams being so inclined as to force outwardly the members 7 when the bar 20 is moved in a direction lengthwise opposite that which forces said members inwardly.

The mechanism I prefer to employ for reciprocating the bars 20 comprises the following parts: A plurality of U-shaped brackets 23 are secured one to 'each outer edge of the body 1 adjacent-one end of the body. The parallel arms of each bracket 23 are disposed horizontally one above the other and are provided each with vertical holes 24, as shown in Fig. 12, in which are mounted, respectively, the upper and lower ends of a vertical shaft 25, on which is secured and rotatable therewith apinion 26, the teeth ofwhich mesh with a series of transversely-disposed rackteeth '27, provided-in the outer edge of the adjacent bar 20. The lower end of each shaft 25 is preferably squared, so as to be gripped by a wrench when it is desired to rotate the inion carried by the shaft 25, so as to move eng'thwise the bar 20,-engaged by said pinion. The rails 15 preferably have their up er sides disposed flush with the cover 4 w en positioned on the bed, as shown in Fig. 17.

The billiard and pool rails (denoted by 13 and 10, 11, and 12, respectively) extend above the cover 4, the cushions 17 carried by said rails, being located above the said cover. The members 10, 11, and 12'are each recessed at its ends, so as to form, with the adjacent end of the adjacent member, a recess or passage which registers with the -adjacent pocket 9, so as to permit the passage of the balls into the pockets 9. Each member 10, 11, and 12 is provided at each end with a curved horizontal projection, preferably of iron and denoted by the numeral 28. Those irons 28 which abut againsteach other form the outer sides of the recesses which register with the pockets and are provided with inwardly-projecting studs 29, as shown in Fig. 14, adapted to enter sockets 30, provided in the upper end of each pocket 9 upon theouter side thereof. The pocket-irons 28 on the members 12 are each provided with a tongue 31, adapted to enter a groove provided in the adjacent end of the pocket-iron 28, mounted on the adjacent member 11. The tongueand-groove connection between said pocket-iron properly position the members 11 and 12 re ative to each other.

32 denotes a covering of leather which envelops each ocket-iron 28.

In Fig. 7 have shown one of the bars 20, having mounted on its inner edge a plurality of cam-springs 33, each of which is secured at one end to the bar 20 and is inclined inwardly horizontally relative thereto. The said earns 33 are disposed opposite, respectively, to the outer cams 22. Each of the bars 20, in lieu of the cams 21, may be provided with the cam-springs 33, adapted when the bar is properly moved to engage and force inwardly the adjacent rail-supports 7. By employing s ring-cams 33 provision is made for wear etween the parts, so that the rails will always be held by resilient pres sure firmly against the bed when the bars 20 are properly moved.

As illustrated in Fig. 8, each of the rail-.

supports 7 on its under side is transversely grooved to receive the bar 20, which actuates it. When it is desired to form a pooltable, the pinions 26 are turned, as hereinbefore described, so as to force the bars 20 in a direction such that the cams 22 will engage and force outwardly the members 7. The members 10, 11, and 12 are then mounted upon the proper projections 8 of the railsupports, after which the pinions 26 are turned, by means of the shafts 25, so as to move the bars 20 in a direction such that the cams 21 will. engage and force inwardly the members 7. The studs 29 are then inserted in the adjacent sockets 30, at which time the rails will be suitably positioned on the bed for forming the pool-table.

If it is desired then to convert the table into a billiard-table, the pockets 9 are released from the studs 29. Then the shafts 25 are turned in a direction such that the pinions 26 will force the bars 20 to positions such that the cams 22 will engage and force outwardly the rail-supports 7, after which the rails 10, 11, and 12 are removed and the rails 13 placed upon the projections 8 of the proper members 7. The pinions are then rotated, as before described, so as to force the rails 13 inwardly against the bed, in which position the pockets 9 will be covered by the rails. The rails 15, which cooperate with the bed to form the dining or library table, are mounted and adjusted in the same manner as described with reference to the rails 13. In order that when the rails 13 and 15 are mounted on the bed they may form miter-joints at the corners, the ends of said rails are beveled so as to converge inwardly at an angle of forty-five degrees.

My invention may be variously modified without departing from its spirit.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a convertiblepool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having marginal pockets, of marginal rails having cushions on their inner sides and when secured to the margins of the bed'forming recesses registering with said pockets, and means by which the rails are independently adjusted toward and from the edges of the bed.

2. In a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having marginal pockets, of a plurality of marginal rails having cushions on their inner sides and when properly positioned against the margins of the bed forming recesses registering with said pockets, rail-supporting means provided on the bed, and means for so moving said supporting means as to independently adjust said rails toward and from the margins of the bed.

3. In a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having marginal pockets, of rail supports slidably mounted on the bed, a plurality of marginal rails detachably mounted on said supports and having cushions on their inner sides, said rails when positioned against the bed forming recesses registering with said pockets, and means by which when the said sup orts are slid the rails will be independent y adjusted relative to the margins of the bed.

4. In a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having marginal pockets suspended therefrompf a set of marginal rails having cushions on their inner sides and when positioned against the margins of the bed forming recesses registering with said pockets, the rails being provided with means for sup orting the pockets, and means for independ dntly adjusting the rails toward and from the margins of the bed.

5. In a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having marginal pockets, of rail-supports mounted on the bed, a plurality of detachable rails mounted on said sup orts and having cushions on their inner s1 es and when positioned against the margins of the bed forming recesses registering with said pockets, said rails carrying respectively devices which form pocket-irons inclosing the outer sides of said recesses respectively, and means connected with said supports by which said rails are independently adjusted toward and from the bed.

6. In a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having marginal pockets, of rail-supports mounted on the bed, a plurality of detachable marginal rails having cushions on their inner sides and v tively upon said rail-supports and movable l registering with said pockets,.each rail at its ends having devices cooperating with similar devices on the adjacent ends of adjacent rails to form pocket-irons embracing the outer sides of said recesses, and means by which when the rail-supports are moved the rails will be independently adjusted toward and from the margins of the bed.

7. I11 a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having mar ginal pockets, of rail-supports mounted upon the bed and slidable toward and from the respective margins thereof, a plurality of movable bars mounted on-the bed and provided with means for engaging and sliding said railsupports respectively toward and from the bed, means for moving said bars, and a'plurality of detachable marginal rails carried by said supports and having cushions on their inner sides and when positioned against the bed forming recesses registering with said pockets respectively.

8. In a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having marginal ockets, of rail-supports mounted upon and slidable toward and from the bed opposite the respective margins thereof, a lurality of slidable bars mounted upon t e bed and engaging respectively said supports so as to slide the same when the bars are slid, means for sliding said bars, and a plurality of detachable marginal rails carried by said supports and movable against and from the margins respectively of the bed, the rails when positioned against the bed forming recesses registering with said pockets respectively.

9. In a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having marginal pockets, of a plurality of bars slidably mounted upon the bed, means for sliding said bars, a plurality of detachable rails movable against and from the respective margins of the bed and, when positioned against the bed, forming recesses registering respectively with said pockets, and supporting means carrying said marginal rails and movable upon the bed when said bars are moved so as to force the rails against or from the bed.

10. In aconvertible pool and billiard table, the combination with a bed having marginal pockets, of rail-supports mounted on the bed, and movable toward and from the margins respectively of the bed, a plurality of bars slidably mounted on the bed and provided with means for engaging and moving said supports respectively when the bars are properly moved, the bars bein provided each with a series of teeth, a p urality of gearwheels rotatively mounted on the bed and engaging respectively said toothed bars, the gear-wheels bein provided with means by which they may i8 rotated, and a plurality of detachable marginal rails mounted respectherewith against and from the bed and, when positioned against the bed forming recesses registering respectively with said pockets.

11. In a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having at one edge side and corner pockets, of two marginal rails independently movable toward and from the said edge of the bed and provided each with recessed portions which when the rails are properly positioned, register respectively with said pockets, and means mounted on the bed by which said rails may be independently adjusted toward and from the bed.

12. In a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the rectangular bed having pockets at its four corners and two side margins, of the end and side detachable marginal rails independently adjustable respectively toward and from the bed, the side rails havin recessed portions registering with the si e pockets respectively, and end and side rails having at their ends recessed portions which, when the rails are positioned against the bed, register with the corner pockets, and means mounted on the bed by which the side and end rails may be independently adjusted toward and from the bed.

13. In a convertible pool and billiard table, 5

the combination with the rectangular bed having pockets at its four corners and two side margins, of the two end rails and two side rails independently adjustable toward and from the adjacent margins of the bed respectively, the side rails comprising each two members disposed end to end said members having recessed portions adapted to register with the side pockets respectively,-the end rails and side rails where they abut against each other having recessed portions adapted to register with the corner-pockets, and means mounted on the bed for supporting and independently adjusting the rails toward and from the adjacent margins respectively of the bed.

14. In a convertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed having the marginal pockets, of a set of marginal rails adapted to be supported by the bed and movable respectively toward and from the respective margins thereof, the rails having recessed portions adapted to register with the said pockets adjacent thereto, and resilient means for forcing the rails against the bed.

15. In aconvertible pool and billiard table, the combination with the bed havin pocketrecesses, of the pockets secured to t e bed in said recesses respectively, a plurality of marginal rails independently movable toward and from the adjacent margins respectively of the bed and-provided with recesses respectively which are adapted to register with the adjacent pocket-recesses respectively and provided with means for securing thereto the adjacent pockets, and means for independently adjusting the rails toward and from the bed.

16. In aconvertible 001 and billiard table, the combination witht e bed havin the marginal pockets, of a plurality of rai -supports movable toward and from the respective margins of the bed, a plurality of longitudinallyslidable bars mounted on the bed and adapt ed to engage and move the adjacent rail-suports toward and from the bed when the sald ars are reci rocated, said bars each being provided wit a series of transverse teeth, a plurality of gear-wheels rotatively mounted on the bed and meshing respectively with THEODORE R. TREIBER.

Witnesses:

WARREN D. HOUSE, HENRY F. Rosn. 

